Official AAO Competition: Diamond in the Rough WINNER

Compete with other members to create the best art following a given theme.

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Official AAO Competition: Diamond in the Rough WINNER

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Inspired by the "Jade" stone



Winner!

Congratulations to.....
1. SuperAj3 - Aquamarine
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SuperAJ3! Victory with 6 votes total! Congratulations, AJ, you're the winner for this competition and will get the chance to host the next one!



Runner-ups:

5. Hesseldahl - Citrine
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5 votes



2. DarthWiader - Pearl
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3 votes



3. truegentleman - Diamond
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0 votes



4. Fellowzdoomer - Emerald
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0 votes

Congratulations to all the entrants (and apologies for my poor timing, I seem to remember to update this only when it's incredibly late at night >_>) and to SuperAJ3 on his victory!



Spoiler : Original Post :
Hey hey hey, everybody! It's my turn to host a sprite competition again, yay! So for those that have spoken to me recently you'll probably know that I'm currently obsessed with the show Steven Universe. I'd actually like to largely give credit to that and the artistic side of its fandom for inspiring me on this competition idea and clarify that it's not entirely something I just sorta came up with on the spot, so thanks to the creative people who gave me the idea. That being said, this is the Diamond in the Rough sprite competition!

In this contest, the goal is to create a sprite of an original character or an edit of an existing AA character based on or inspired by a gemstone, mineral, precious stone, jewel, etc. I'm going by what constitutes as one of these rather loosely, mind you, so don't worry too much about what specifically qualifies as a gem or mineral. For example, the sprite I created at the top was inspired by a Jade (Full original character design here for those interested) and I kept the history, colors, and symbolic traits of a jade stone in mind when designing it. You don't need to make an entire character, of course; characters with outfits, hairstyles, appearances, etc. based on, resembling, or inspired by the stone in question will be enough to qualify so long as it's made by you.

You will post your entries with both the sprite you created and the name of the stone you based it on in your post. You can also post explanations for your designs, thought processes, details you'd like to note, even character descriptions if you want to add some story to the piece, but all you're required to post is the sprite and the stone.

Entries must be more than just a palette swap.

Make sure entries correspond with the site's rules, including what qualifies as appropriate, what qualifies as spoilers, and what clarifies as plagiarism.

Character submission will be until June 3rd, 11:59PM PST.

And yes the joke of posting a sprite of Pearl Fey has already been made.
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oh gosh this really is the su comp isn't it
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Stickied, good luck to all participants!
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This comp brought to you by the power of nerdism.

That said i will be entering shortly.
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Time to create my first Gemsona! :larry:
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surprisingly no one has submitted yet.... i'm planning on posting my entry later today....
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Been a week without entries so I'm just going to casually bump this to say "eeeeey this exists y'all".
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Here's my entry:
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Name: Marino L'Aqua
Based on the Aquamarine gemstone (Why Aquamarine? 'Cause it's my birthstone :D )

I admit, I rushed this, but I wanted to enter and I have a bit of spare time atm :sawhit:
(Obviously used Olga Orly as reference, I traced her arm/glove XD)
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wow rude taking my birthstone

jk Looks pretty cool. Glad to get some action in here. I've got an idea set so hopefully I can throw that one up soon.
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Two weeks into the comp and one entry so far. Sounds like an issue. Wink wink. Nudge nudge. Hint hint.

I am so subtle at bumping threads.
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I will enter.
Don't worry.
You will have more entries.
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An Ace Attorney Contest inspired by Steven Universe...

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For those unfamiliar with SU: this was supposed to be a mash-up of Pearl Fey and one of main characters from the show named, well... Pearl, d'oh (because they share the same name, y'know).
However, despite my best efforts, it turned to be just li'l Pearly participating in a cosplay show :?.
I know it sucks, but someone had to do it :P.
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what have i done this is awful oh gosh help

...my entry. Cody is cosplaying a diamond! from minecraft...

Obviously the stone i based it off of was a diamond.
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Haha, poor Cody. He seems like he doesn't want to be wearing that :larry: It's cute!
DarthWiader wrote:An Ace Attorney Contest inspired by Steven Universe...

Hm...
Insert obligatory Pearl Fey edit here:
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For those unfamiliar with SU: this was supposed to be a mash-up of Pearl Fey and one of main characters from the show named, well... Pearl, d'oh (because they share the same name, y'know).
However, despite my best efforts, it turned to be just li'l Pearly participating in a cosplay show :?.
I know it sucks, but someone had to do it :P.
Hahaha! This was bound to happen! I love it :pearlhappy:
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SuperAj3 wrote:Haha, poor Cody. He seems like he doesn't want to be wearing that :larry: It's cute!
Thanks! I can just imagine him refusing to testify in court or something :nod:
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